Order of the Butterfly            
            
            
            
                             
             
                Posts: 459 from 2003/8/30            
            
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				I N S T R U C T I O N S....   F O R....   L I F E
1.  Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2.  When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3.  Follow the three Rs:
      Respect for self
      Respect for others and
      Responsibility for all your actions.
4.  Remember that not getting what you want is  sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5.  Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6.  Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7.  When you realize you've made a mistake, take    immediate steps to correct it.
8.  Spend some time alone every day.
9.  Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the  foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only  with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in      which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
20. "What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tommorrow. Our life is the  creation of our mind."
[ Edited by cecilia on 2005/12/27 1:38 ]
"if you ever slam anyone, for anything, somehow you always end up eating shoe"   Targhan